De Havilland DHC-2 N2848D

Summary

On 6 July 1971 at about 16:20 local time, a De Havilland DHC-2 registered N2848D, operated by Harbor Air SER, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Hurricane, Alaska, United States. 8 people were on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

6 July 1971 at 16:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Hurricane, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

De Havilland DHC-2

Registration

N2848D

Category

Fixed-Wing

Engines

1

Operator

Harbor Air SER

Operating rule

Air Taxi Operator

Purpose of flight

Air Taxi-Passenger Operations

Phase of flight

Landing

Route

Anchorage, Alas → Cantwell, Alas

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Daylight

NTSB number

3-2317

1 person had minor injuries.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

FULL DEFLECTION OF TAIL WHEEL NOT OBTAINABLE, EXCESSIVE PLAY BTN CTL HORN, STRUT.OK ON PRIOR TKOF.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.